Stride, Inc. vs Perdoceo Education Corporation, two Education stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LRN and PRDO diverge most: on debt / equity, LRN reads 0.25 and PRDO reads 0.00; on p/s, LRN reads 1.35 and PRDO reads 2.36. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What PRDO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LRN | PRDO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $80.33 | $31.79 |
| Market cap | $3.4B | $2.0B |
| Sector | Education | Education |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| P/B | 2.08 | 2.02 |
| P/S | 1.35 | 2.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Revenue growth | +11.3% | +18.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 20.5% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 19.9% |
| Return on equity | 18.8% | 17.0% |
| Return on assets | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.4% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 12.1% | 11.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.25 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 6.21 | 4.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.11 | 8.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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